Check out Lady Gaga!

Mother Monster covers the latest editions of ELLE Magazine – both the US and UK editions.

The striking reveal comes a day after the superstar officially announced ‘Mayhem,’ her seventh studio album.

March 7 has been set as its official release date.

With the publication’s inner pages, Gaga styles and profiles in a compelling shoot. She also seizes the moment to open up about her approach to the new record, her present creative space, her fiancé Michael Polansky, and plans for marriage and motherhood.

Head below for pictures and quotes…

On Creating ‘Mayhem’

“I was actually pretty hard on myself about not walking into the studio with any preconceived ideas that I was going to strangle onto. Mayhem is about following your own chaos into whatever cranny of your life that it takes you to. And in that way, it was about following the songs. Writing as many songs as I did for this album was a labour of total love. And then you just have to be very cutthroat by the end.”

On Her Musical Influences for the LP

“90s alternative, electro-grunge, Prince and Bowie melodies, guitar and attitude, funky bass lines, French electronic dance, and analog synths.”

On Creative Space on ‘Mayhem’

“The chaos I thought was long gone is fully intact and ready to greet me whenever I’d like. Part of the message of even the first song on the album is that your demons are with you in the beginning and they are with you in the end, and I don’t mean it in a bleak way. Maybe we can make friends sooner with this reality instead of running all the time.”

On Finally Distinguishing Her Power Beyond Her Stage Name:

“It came from me. I’m the creator and I made all of it, and that helped me to value myself as a musician and a songwriter in a deeper way.

I love being Lady Gaga. I love being me. I just mean that I became a star when I was 20. Everything gets reflected back to you that this persona is what makes you special.”

On Her Advice to New Artists:

“[My advice] would be that the whole you matters. Who you are at home is just as valuable as who you are when you’re onstage. And no matter what anyone says to you, you can value who you are outside of all of this.”

I’ve been in this business for years. Being a woman and a product at the same time was really exhausting.”

On Her Healthier Mindset

 “I’m not going to torture myself. I’m going to celebrate. I used to drink a lot and smoke a lot, and I was always looking for an out. I used to call it the trapdoor. I used to be like, ‘I need an escape route.’ And I stopped doing that. And I actually started feeling it. Being present. As an artist, it’s hard to go through that and not want to share that with my fans.”

On The Underperformance of ‘Joker 2’

“People just sometimes don’t like some things. It’s that simple. And I think to be an artist, you have to be willing for people to sometimes not like it. And you keep going even if something didn’t connect in the way that you intended.” She adds that the fear of failure is what can be really damaging: “When that makes its way into your life, that can be hard to get control of. It’s part of the mayhem.”

On Children & Motherhood

“I would want my children to understand that whatever my artistry means to them is totally up to them. I would never actually want to shape it or tell them how to think about me. Maybe other than that I just did my best. And tried to stay true to myself along the way. That’s something Michael and I have talked about a lot—allowing our kids to be their own people. It’s such an intense thing for kids coming into the world. And they’re told how to think and what to believe in and how to eat…I just kind of want to let my kids find out who they are.’”

On Evolving

“Sometimes I worry people will say I’m boring these days, but honestly, thank God I’m boring. Thank God! Because I was living on the edge. I don’t know what was going to happen to me living that way. So the fact that I have these answers, on the one hand, I’m like, ‘Oh man, snooze fest!’ But actually, I’m so grateful. Because I found a sense of happiness and joy that is true to me.”

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[Photo Credit: ELLE US / ELLE UK / Gray Sorrenti]

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